450 km from the front: UAVs attacked the Space Intelligence System of the Russian Federation - Defense Express (Photo)

According to the Russian authorities, the drones really attacked the Stavropol region, but allegedly were intercepted, and the infrastructure was not injured. There is information that this is not true. On July 4, the Ukrainian drone managed to attack the system of Russian space intelligence "Star" detachment of special purpose of the Main Intelligence Management (Osnas GRU). About it reports Defense Express.

The authors of the material write that unofficial Russian sources reported a successful attack. It is about the military unit №33443, which is located under the village of Moscow, Izobilsky district of Stavropol region - 450 kilometers from the front line. The local authorities confirmed that the attack was indeed, but two drones were intercepted and the infrastructure was not injured.

But in the Russian media Astra, with reference to its own sources, they wrote that one military was injured from the explosion. They also added that the military unit belongs to one of the formations of the game. "The 33443 itself has a fairly characteristic appearance and in general in the territory of the military unit is placed under two dozen parabolic antennas.

But the fact is that it is not just a military unit, but not just a unit Space Intelligence, - said in Defense Express that this system was created more than 50 years ago to intercepts the signals of spacecraft. Abroad. She continued to work after the collapse of the USSR. Satellite images that were taken in different years show that the equipment of the military unit has been constantly changing.

The current personnel from there to evaluate the consequences of the impact, at the time of the material publication were not published. We will remind, on July 3 it was reported that GUR stopped the work of a unique Oskol electrometallurgical plant of the Russian Federation, as stated by sources of focus. As a result of the joint operation of the GUR and the CZR, the electrometallurgical plant was the most important for the Russian MIC.